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Govt encouraging cabbies to move to e-hailing services for extra income

By BERNARD CHEAH

Sunday, 18 Nov 2018 | 1:24 PM MYT

This week, there was yet another protest against GrabCar and Uber with over 100 taxi drivers up in arms. The unannounced protest caused chaos and paralysed the KL city centre for more than two hours.

PETALING JAYA: The Transport Ministry wants to help taxi drivers diversify their source of income and earn more by joining e-hailing services.

Its Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said that the ministry is encouraging taxi drivers to sign up for e-hailing services as a means of getting more passengers.

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